Problem Note 12601: ODS PRINTER generates "out of memory" errors
In SAS® 9.2, ODS PRINTER has a memory leak which can result in various failures. To determine whether this is the problem on z/OS operating systems, verify that ODS PRINTER is being used in your SAS program to create PDF, PCL or PS output and view the job messages to see if all available memory has been used at the point of the failure. The more memory that is available, the more data that can be processed with ODS PRINTER. On other operating systems, possible error messages include:
ERROR: Out of memory.
ERROR: Fatal ODS error has occurred. Unable to continue processing this output destination.
ERROR: Output Delivery System failure detected. Aborted during the EXECUTION phase.
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
ERROR: Fatal ODS error has occurred. Unable to continue processing this output destination.
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue. This hot fix is for the third maintenance release of SAS 9.2 (TS2M3). Sites must have this level of SAS before installing the hot fix.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Linux | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Linux for x64 | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Solaris for x64 | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
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For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
IMPORTANT: Two hot fixes must be installed on your system to fully correct this BASE SAS 9.21_M3 issue.
The link below will direct you to the first required hot fix. See the NOTE: associated with the first hot fix for information on accessing the second required hot fix.
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B25.html#12601
When using ODS PRINTER (PCL/PDF/PS) in SAS® 9.2, various failures can occur depending on where processing occurs when memory is exhausted. As a result, the amount of data that can be processed with SAS 9.2 is limited.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2011-03-15 10:29:26 |
| Date Created: | 2004-06-14 14:15:01 |
